Indigo Systems Acquires Engineering Group

Photonics.comApr 2003
GOLETA, Calif., April 14 -- Indigo Systems announced it has acquired the applied technology division of Control Systems Research Inc., of Crestview, Fla. Indigo's new division, Indigo Advanced Systems (IAS), is located in Crestview. The transaction took place in March.

Control Systems Research Inc. provides engineering support in the areas of GPS technologies, radiometric measurements, navigation, 3-D visualization, software development, analysis, test and evaluation, modeling and simulation, requirements development, educational research and estimation and control.

One of the products that was transferred to Indigo in the acquisition is RTools, which helps researchers take radiometric measurements of dynamic phenomenon in rapidly changing environments. Prior to that, the RTools software toolkit had been used for several years by various military ranges on Indigo Systems' infrared (IR) cameras.

Jeff Frank, Indigo Systems' vice president and director of business development, said, "The decision to purchase the IAS division comes at a pivotal time of growth for Indigo Systems and creates a unique and ideal partnering of IR sensor technology with software solutions for our family of infrared cameras and camera systems This purchase solidifies Indigo Systems' market position in delivering complete infrared camera solutions to the commercial, homeland security and military arenas."